Podcast
Poetry Off the Shelf
Producer Helena de Groot talks to poets about language, dreams, love and loss, identity, connection, anger, discomfort, the creative process, the state of the world and the world of the soul. Hard conversations are welcomed—laughter is, too.
- Books chart
- #93
- Episodes
- 100
- Releases
- Every two weeks
- Typical length
- 50 min
- On air since
- 2022
- Latest episode
- 2 weeks ago
Episodes
100 episodes, newest first
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58 min
Any Currency
Episode 588
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Jae Nichelle on debt, cartoon crushes, and musical gynecology.
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44 min
My Faith in Faith
Episode 587
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Sanam Sheriff on pronouns, looking proper, and making an American decision.
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49 min
The Life Underneath
Episode 586
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Ada Limón on rejection, moving forward, and what the trees have seen.
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1 hr 4 min
A Little Angry at God
Episode 585
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Marcus Wicker on hip hop, aliens, and real estate.
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52 min
Tempting Fate
Episode 585
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Emily Skaja on cemeteries, pregnancy, and gardening the future.
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33 min
On My Way to God
Episode 583
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Fanny Howe (rerun) on the sky, visions, and the beam that killed the landlord, plus an excerpt from her posthumous collection.
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52 min
Until the Last Second
Episode 582
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Maya C. Popa on the monkey at the pet store, beauty, and waking up to the world as it is.
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1 hr 12 min
My Old Self
Episode 581
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Laura Kolbe on hormones, sainthood, and the trouble with change.
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45 min
We Hold These Truths
Episode 580
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America at 250.
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50 min
An Act of Mercy
Episode 579
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Serena Chopra on prairie grass, manic rage, and the memories in her ears.
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46 min
Don’t Make Any Noise
Episode 580
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J Brooke on testosterone, incinerators, and the mobster at home.
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41 min
The Act of Touching
Episode 580
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Chris Crowder on muscles, privacy, and being Captain Safety.
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55 min
Hereafter Parties
Episode 580
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Arielle Hebert on Florida, driving with the windows down, and tallying up the dead.
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50 min
A Handful of Dust
Episode 578
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Iain McGilchrist on Rip Van Winkle, the poet's brain, and the real word for sunshine.
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57 min
The Wrong Details
Episode 578
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D.S. Waldman on the left hand, losing his brother, and introducing the most wounded part.
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54 min
The Character in the Corner
Episode 576
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Sony Ton-Aimé on radical joy, pig blood, and the ancestors we forgot.
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59 min
Those Bodies We Borrowed
Episode 576
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Monica Ferrell on robot apples, Playboy bunnies, and botox vs. crow's feet.
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56 min
What It Takes to Be a Man
Episode 576
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James Ciano on sports, masculinity, and the desperation to belong.
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48 min
How to Survive on an Island
Episode 578
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Stephanie Niu on being lost at sea, crab bridges, and finding the heart of the world.
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44 min
The Multiverse of Me
Episode 571
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Diamond Forde on poison, fan fiction, and writing the Great American Vampire Novel.
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